Glamour Theme- Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

During the process of taking my images, I realised that the use of Rule of Thirds made my some of my pictures slightly more interesting. While i was experimenting with this technique i realised that a minority of images were greatly improved via this technique. Before I started taking my pictures, i did a range of research on this particular technique and decided that i would use it to my advantage. As you can see in the picture below i have marked out the thirds lines so i can correctly see that when i was taking the picture, i was using these lines to my advantage. From the picture below, it is clear that i have placed the view point of my image on one of the intersection lines, on the right so this draws the eye straight to the right of the picture and makes it more interesting. The main point of the image is the face, the view of the makeup and eyes, but also the lips so this is why the lips are placed on the intersection point and the rest of the face is on the line. Overall, after using this technique i have realised that the use of the Rule of Thirds can work for a few images and make it a lot more interesting, and can work to the advantage of some pictures.

Above, my rule of thirds picture without the lines.

This above, is my picture including the Rule of Thirds lines.

Glamour Theme

A picture that inspired me

When i chose the theme Glamour i wanted to bring in a range of topic's for example: Fashion, Makeup and other things that people would relate to glamour. The image i decided to represent is below; When i chose this image to 'copy' i felt that although it was not the colours i wanted, it brought in the idea of fashion, i also think that having the belt of the person in the middle of the photograph made it more of a focus point for the camera, and for the eye. When i was looking for an image to epitomise, i was looking for something that was simple, but a good, interesting picture, this is when i chose this one. I also chose it because i feel that it clearly represents what i am looking for my theme to represent with only a few minor changes.

Below, is my version of the image. When taking my image, i had this picture next to me and while i was taking my picture, i changed only a few minor things that made a large difference in what the picture was showing. For one, i changed the clothes, i made the top sparkly so it brought in more of a glamorous theme to the image. Secondly, i made the angle slightly wider, so it showed the whole belt of my person.

Rule of Thirds

Rule of thirds

What is Rule of thirds?

The rule of thirds is a guideline witch helps the process of composing pictures, the focus point of a picture would be placed on one of the third lines or intersecting points, to create a new focus point away from the middle of the picture, which is usually used.

Examples of Rule of thirds? 

This picture is a good example of the Rule of Thirds, because the focus point of the picture is the house, this is created on the first line of the 3, so the focus point, is the left. This makes the eye look at the left of the picture, and focus on that, because the picture is all roughly white, it would be not as interesting if there was no focus point, or if it was just in the middle of the picture. It is placed in the intersection point.

Placing one or more elements of the subject at (or very near) the intersecting points adds power to them and makes them much more noticeable.This again is a good example of an Rule of Thirds picture because the focus point is placed on the line, which again creates a new focus point, so the eye is drawn to this. 

 

A horizon should normally be placed along (or near) the upper or lower of the two horizontal lines. This will drag the eye to the bottom of the picture and make it a lot more interesting, rather than having the horizon right in the middle. It also makes it look longer which makes it more eye-catching. 

Use of straight and curved lines along (or near) "rule of thirds" lines, or to connect their intersecting points tend to be aesthetically pleasing, this picture has made the focus point to be the fence, having the line in the picture connect with the rule of third line can add a longer look to the picture, this makes the view look more exciting, rather than having it placed in the middle. This also makes the viewer want to study the majority of the picture, as it looks so long.

 The four pictures i have looked at all are different, but similar in some ways, they are all using the "rule of thirds" but in completely different ways. The photographer's main focus is for the picture to be interesting, but not only that to enhance the look of whatever their taking and i feel that the four pictures i have picked to represent this all do it sufficiently well. Each one of them use the lines and intersecting points differently and to their advantage, i have explained this underneath each one.